Curtain-fixture bracket.



No. 657,58IQ Patented ge t. u, I900.

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CHARLES AGUSTA WRHEN, OF OIL CITY, PENNSYLVANIA.

CURTAIN FIXTURE BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 657,581, dated September 11, 1900.

1 To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES AGUSTA WRHEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oil City, in the county of Venango and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Curtain-Fixture Brackets, of which the "following isa specification.

This invention relates to combination shade and curtain-pole brackets; and it consists of a right-angle arm carrying a socket for the shade and a hook for the curtain-pole; and the invention consists, further,of the parts and combination of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter set out.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a perspective view of my invention attached to a support, the support being broken away. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same through the center of the attaching-plate, parts of .the support being broken away. Fig. 3 is an inverted perspective view of the attaching-plate, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the shade and ourtain-pole bracket. Fig. 5 is an inverted perspective view of anattaching-plate made of sheet metal.

Referring to the drawings by reference-numerals, 1 represents the support.

2 is the attaching-plate, the under face of which is provided with integral depending ribs 3 and 4, which join the grooves 5 and 6. A shear cut 7 is made on an angle from one side of the attaching-plate, and the out portion is turned'at right angles to the plate to form a securing-barb 8.

9 is a screw-hole formed in the center of the plate.

10 and 11 are the arms of the bracket, formed from a continuous piece of wire bent at right angles at the point 11. Theouter portion of the arm 11 is bent downward and then upward to form a socket or journal-bearing 12 for the trunnion on the end of the usual shade-roller, in this instance the round trunnion. The extreme outer end of the arm 11 shade-roller.

Application filed November 8, 1899. Serial No. 736,273. (No model.)

is bent to form a hook 13, adapted to receive and hold the curtain pole. The extreme outer end of the arm 10 is bent upward and given a turn once around the arm 11, immediately back of the hook 13, as at 14. From the drawings it will be seen in Fig. 4 that the arm 11 of the opposite bracket is bent downward to form a rectangular bearing or-seat 15 to receive and hold against rotary movement the spring-winding projection of the usual From the above it will be seen that I have produced a very simple, cheap, and durable device.

The bracket is secured in place byfirst placing the arms 10 and 11 in the grooves 5 and 6 and then hammering the barb 8 into the support. To more securely hold the parts in place, I drive a screwl6 through the plate, which coacting with the barb 8 prevents the plate from turning.

As will be readily understood, the brackets may be adjusted to and from each other to accommodate the various lengths of shaderollers.

In Fig. 5 of the drawings I have shown an attaching-plate stamped up from sheet metal, which for all practical purposes is just as efiective as the plate shown in Fig. 3.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a device of the character described the bracket comprising a continuous piece of wire bent upon itself to form two separated arms, said bracket being bent at right angles,

the upper arm being bent downward then upward to form a bearing and again bent at its extreme outer end to'form a hook, the lower arm being turned upward and secured to the upper arm, substantially as described.

CHARLES AGUSTA WRH-EN.

Witnesses:

J. S. SHEABER, J. K. WEAVER. 

